Families and Staff Gather for Emergency Meeting of the Campaign to Save State Schools for Disabled Students

Tonight in East Brunswick, hundreds of families and staff will gather for an emergency meeting to coordinate their campaign to prevent Governor Corzine's planned closure of state schools serving students with physical, emotional, and behavioral disabilities.
Parents feel these schools provide invaluable services and that without them, these students will get lost in the shuffle of mainstream schools that do not have the same resources to provide the specialized services and attention.
Governor Corzine plans to help close New Jersey's budget gap by closing all 18 of the Department of Children and Families Regional Schools schools, including five by June.
"It is unfair and reckless for Governor Corzine to balance his budget on the back of New Jersey's most vulnerable students. Instead of asking New Jersey's wealthiest residents to do their part to help close the state's budget hole, the governor will have these families to sacrifice stable and specific education for their children," said CWA state director Hetty Rosenstein.
CWA represents more than 40,000 state workers and regional school employees, including hundreds of school staff who would be affected by the school closings.
WHO: Parents, students, and staff from Department of Children and Families Regional Schools
WHEN: Today, April 16, 2009
5:30 pm
WHERE: East Brunswick Hilton
3 Tower Center Blvd.
East Brunswick, NJ
For more information, you can contact Anna Deknatel at (646) 200-5311.